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Explores what it means to exist in a body that is constantly on display and subjected to public scrutiny. Victoria Kannen examines the interplay of many ways our bodies express identity, such as gender, race, sexuality, disability, body modification, and age, and how public scrutiny of those expressions can impact our public and private selves.

Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Inspiring Awe, Feeling Odd
  • Chapter 2: Well-Meaning Strangers: Identities, Stares, and Hair
  • Body Story: Nana
  • Body Story: Rae
  • Response: Nana and Rae
  • Chapter 3: Our Bodies as Private and Public (Sexualized) Spaces
  • Body Story: Kali
  • Body Story: Alice
  • Response: Kali and Alice
  • Chapter 4: Underestimated and Overdetermined: Shame, Tokenism, Exoticism, and Fierce Resistance
  • Body Story: Viola
  • Body Story: Gioia
  • Response: Viola and Gioia
  • Chapter 5: Excessive Bodies: Modified and Un/Natural Freaks
  • Body Story: Quinn
  • Body Story: Victoria
  • Response: Quinn and Victoria
  • Chapter 6: Bodies and Their Stories
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References

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        Publisher: MP-CSP Canadian Scholars
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780889616295, 978-0889616295
        ISBN10: 0889616299
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        Gender studies: women and girls Social groups, communities and identities

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Explores what it means to exist in a body that is constantly on display and subjected to public scrutiny. Victoria Kannen examines the interplay of many ways our bodies express identity, such as gender, race, sexuality, disability, body modification, and age, and how public scrutiny of those expressions can impact our public and private selves.

        Table of Contents
        • Chapter 1: Inspiring Awe, Feeling Odd
        • Chapter 2: Well-Meaning Strangers: Identities, Stares, and Hair
        • Body Story: Nana
        • Body Story: Rae
        • Response: Nana and Rae
        • Chapter 3: Our Bodies as Private and Public (Sexualized) Spaces
        • Body Story: Kali
        • Body Story: Alice
        • Response: Kali and Alice
        • Chapter 4: Underestimated and Overdetermined: Shame, Tokenism, Exoticism, and Fierce Resistance
        • Body Story: Viola
        • Body Story: Gioia
        • Response: Viola and Gioia
        • Chapter 5: Excessive Bodies: Modified and Un/Natural Freaks
        • Body Story: Quinn
        • Body Story: Victoria
        • Response: Quinn and Victoria
        • Chapter 6: Bodies and Their Stories
        • Appendix
        • Glossary
        • References

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